Improvement in hames for harness



G.,E. FLETCHER. HAMES FOR HARNES S.

Patented May a, 1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFEIGE;

GEORGE E. FLETCHER, OF FILLMOR-E, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HISRIGHT TO SETH W. LOWELL, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAM ES FOR HARNESS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. [90,570, dated May 8,1877; application filed February 24, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. FLETCHER, of Fillmore, in the county ofAllegany and State of New York, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Reversible Hames; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a front view of myreversible hame, and Fig. 2 a transverse sectional view of the same.

The nature of this invention consists in making a hame for ahorse-collar wedge-shaped in cross-section, so as to be reversible, andadapted to horse-collars of ordinary construction, substantially ashereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, A designates a wooden hame, which is curvedoutward at its upper end a, and inward at its lower end a-. The outsideor back of said hame is protected by a metal plate, B,'which laps oversaid tapering ends a and a. Said hame is tapered or doubly beveledinward, so as to be wedge-shaped in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 2.The lower end a of said hame is provided with a ring, b, for theattachment of the lower connection of the hames. In like manner theupper part of the said hame is provided with a staple, b, for theattachment of the upper connection or neck strap. Just below said stapleis a hame-ring, 0. At or about the thickest part of said hame a staple,D, is

fastened thereto, to which are attached a ring, E, for the breast-strap,and also a ring or hook, F, for one of the traces.

The peculiar form'(wedge-shaped in crosssection) given to said hameadapts it to be used on either side of the horse-collar of ordinaryconstruction, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. There is thus no needto break a pair of hames to supply the place of a broken one in anotherpair. In manufacturing, the hames embodying my invention are all madealike. The plate B strengthens the hame A, and keeps it in shape. 7

This form of hame will not readily slip forward when the horse backs.Breast strap ring E is bent or hook-shaped, and is adapted to be used oneither side without removing any of the foregoing parts. 1

It will be observed that the tapering portion of the hame fits in thegroove at thejunction of the body and roll of the collar.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

As an improved article of manufacture, the hame A, Wedge shaped in crosssection, as shown, and adapted for use upon either side of a collar, asset forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

, GEORGE E. FLETCHER.

Witnesses:

JNo. S. MINARD, S. W. LowELL.

